The Geopolitical Potential of the Republic of Belarus at the Current Stage (Ekaterina Kazak)

Раздел - "Международные отношения"The article broaches a question of national security of the Republic of Belarus in the context of transformation of the world system of international relations. The present thesis is the first comprehensive Belarusian study that explores how the geopolitical potential affects the form and content of national security in the Republic of Belarus during the period of transition. I n particular, this article contains the description of the aspects which compose the geopolitical potential of the Republic of Belarus, such as the geoeconomic, social-political, geoinformatical, demographical, scientific and technological, intellectual and military strategical aspects. The provisions and conclusions of this paper may be used as the theoretical methodological basis for a course of lectures on the subject as well as for further studies of the processes and phenomena related to ensuring security and realizing the joint potential of the Republic, furthering insight into the geopolitical component of security and for upgrading the Doctrine of National Security of the Republic of Belarus